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New Data Warehouse Features in Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Microsoft added clustered column store indexes (CCI) in SQL Server 2014, which are designed to decrease query response times and deliver deeper levels of data compression. CCI eliminates the need to build summary tables, thus further reducing ETL run times.

CCI is optimized for query performance. Our solutions deliver an order-of-magnitude of 7x better query performance when using CCI. CCI accomplishes this by using a columnar format to compress the data by 10x or more, processing a set of rows in batches, and reading only the columns that are referenced in the query.

CCI is updateable allowing concurrent insert – both bulk import and trickle insert – of new data while query workload is running. This reduces the data latency from the time data is born to when it is available for querying.

The Microsoft SQL Server DWFT reference architecture is designed to eliminate the complexity of properly sizing hardware, which helps reduce unnecessary scale-out of storage and servers. The sizing techniques used in in SQL Server DWFT reference architecture will properly size servers, based on I/O and CPU consumption. This consumption-based approach ensures your data warehouse can fully take advantage of your hardware investment.

Rated User Capacity (TB)

Measured Throughput (Queries/Hr/TB)

Measured Scan Rate Physical (MB/s)

Measured CPU% (Avg.)

HP ProLiant DL380 Gen8

28

202 with row store 1414 with CCI

5,868

96

HP ProLiant DL380 Gen8

45

198 with row store 1476 with CCI

4,778

97

HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8

90

366 with row store 2721 with CCI

9,245

92

Our Results - Your Choice

Three configurations were certified by Microsoft's SQL Server Engineering Team. Two configurations are based on the HP ProLiant DL380 Gen8 platform, and the remaining configuration is based on the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 platform. These options provide rated data capacities of 28TB, 45TB and 90TB, giving you the flexibility to choose a solution that meets your requirements.

Scalable Server Architecture

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen8 includes six PCIe Gen3 full-height and half-length (FHHL) slots, and the HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 includes up to nine PCIe Gen3 FHHL slots. This enables customers to properly size their data warehouse in the beginning and increase the HP PCIe LE Workload Accelerator capacity as data volumes grow.